11 January 2009
Did the Egyptians Need Alien Technology to Build the Pyramids?
Posted by MSH under: Ancient Astronauts; Pyramids .
No. There are a number of interesting theories as to how the Egyptians could move the stones of the pyramids vertically and from the place they were quarried. The coolest involves simple physics. Check out the website (with video) of this retired construction worker from Michigan. It’s amazing how this guy moves multi-ton stones by himself. Yeah, I bought his CD, too, so I could watch the full videos. You should, too, if you want to ward off the alien astronaut crowd (“Nobody I know could have thought of this technology, so it must be aliens”). Yeah.
22 Comments so far...
Heads Up on Some Recent Posts | EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE Says:
11 January 2009 at 8:44 PM.
[...] I’ve posted something about a guy in Michigan who has discovered simple physics principles behind how the ancients moved huge stones (and the guy does it by himself on video demos) over on PaleoBabble. [...]
Leave it to a construction worker « NT Discourse Says:
12 January 2009 at 6:49 AM.
[...] However, I am not nearly as clever as the guy that Mike Heiser describes in a great post today on PaleoBabbel. It describes how a fellow contractor using simple machines and principles can build his own little [...]
blop2008 Says:
12 January 2009 at 4:15 PM.
Interesting and impressive. Putting this together with the evidence of gigantism (not that all were giants at the time or that all giant beings put into place the great wonders of the ancient world) makes it all more conceivable.
But, no, no aliens….
neoargon Says:
12 January 2009 at 9:42 PM.
This reminds me of what the Greek philosopher Archimedes would say that if he had a large enough lever, he could move the world. So I suppose that it is not a matter of advanced technology, but rather simple logic and creativity.
One-man Stonehenge builder « Ben Byerly’s Blog Says:
13 January 2009 at 2:32 AM.
[...] to Michael Heiser’s Did the Egyptians need alien technology to build the pyramids? He bought the DVD and thought it was well worth [...]
MSH Says:
19 January 2009 at 10:41 PM.
@neoargon: yep
11truthplease11 Says:
7 February 2010 at 5:40 PM.
LOL this is so lame!!!!! this proves nothing yawn!
MSH Says:
8 February 2010 at 9:16 PM.
@11truthplease11: yeah, the alien evidence is so much more persuasive. . . just what would that be . . . ? Really compelling reply.
WasabiDude Says:
9 April 2010 at 12:51 PM.
Research about the new 2010 DNA tests of the Starchild Skull(Human-alien hybrid)/The Disclosure Project: The Truth about UFO`s/Project Grudge/Project Blue Book/Zero-Point Energy/Cold Fusion/Anti-Gravity Propulsion
MSH Says:
11 April 2010 at 7:44 PM.
yeah – show me the peer-reviewed published material; then I’ll care.
Robert Anthony Parma Says:
14 June 2010 at 9:19 AM.
Watched the construction worker …he did one stone…on the ground…not 100 meters high weighing 40 kilos…and how do you explain Prof Michel Barsoum a distinguished professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University findings in late 2007 that Egyptians used NANO-TECHNOLOGY in the POURED LIMESTONE BLOCKS …the one that lined the Great Pyramid? …not mined from near quarrys as had been taught for years !
If not alien technology….What then? Hard scientific proof ….of VERY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY….we…didn’t discover nano-technnolgy until the 1970s.
THIS HAS BEEN PEER-REVIEWED BY SCIENTISTS from all ove the World!
think about it…
Robert A.
MSH Says:
15 June 2010 at 8:35 AM.
uh… no one is saying that ONE method accounts for all the pyramid construction. The Egyptians didn’t knowingly use nanotechnology, like they were constructing nanobots, either. The poured limestone theory has been around for a while (Joseph Davidovits). It’s about chemistry. And they certainly could have poured some stones (it’s actually very simple — there are videos of it on YouTube). As for the raising of the blocks, it’s not difficult using Wallington’s technology. His “Egyptian hoist” built to larger scale could do it – or one could just disassemble and re-assemble the hoist at different levels of the construction project. Using his methods of leverage and counterweight along with pouring and dragging (ramps), the pyramid construction is readily accounted for.
Where’s the mystery? Think about that.
Dr.Andre Says:
28 June 2010 at 12:19 AM.
Giants…Nephilim.
MSH Says:
28 June 2010 at 11:26 PM.
and where is the evidence that giants…nephilim built the pyramids (or even that such was necessary)?
Flag-Waver Says:
6 August 2010 at 11:05 AM.
Unfortunately, the normal theory of pyramid construction could not have physically happened. Even with modern technology, and perfect unison of workers (which would have been impossible back then using their communication techniques). Allow me to explain.
Sources state that the Great Pyramid of Giza was built in 20 years. It contains approximately 2.3 million stones. That would mean that a block would have to be placed every 4.5 minutes, day and night, for the entire 20 years. Add to that the precision required in the placement of the stones, that most stones had specific cuts for specific placement, and you can see that it would be completely impossible, logistically speaking, for any people to perform. Even with modern movement technology, including immediate long-distance communication, it would be impossible.
MSH Says:
7 August 2010 at 7:44 PM.
I guess you need to watch Wallington’s video. He estimates, using what he calls his “Egyptian hoist” (he shows how much horsepower it generates for lifting blocks) that the 20 years number is quite doable for (as memory serves) a few hundred men. What your calculations miss (as do all the ancient astronaut theorist numbers) is that a few hundred people WORKING SIMULTANEOUSLY destroys the “oh it would take too long” argument. It’s not like they have only ONE guy working the lever each day.
Paranormal Says:
18 August 2010 at 11:20 PM.
Do at elast beilve that we are visited by aliens just like we are today? None knows that the star system of Zeta Reticuli exist until Barney and betty’s alien abduction. Betty is no an astronamist and had draw a star map she herself didn’t know there grey alien told her.
This video is the proof!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd3-0E1ZAmQ
MSH Says:
22 August 2010 at 4:17 PM.
No, I don’t. And you don’t know much about the Betty and Barney Hill case if you’re using that to prove alien visitation. There are other explanations for her “star map” – but the best material is to read her ORIGINAL testimony (and Barney’s).
terry the censor Says:
22 August 2010 at 11:36 PM.
@WasabiDude
You have inconclusive DNA evidence, inconclusive UFO evidence, unproven (perhaps delusional) technological “discoveries”…and conspiracy theory?
Do really think a reasonable person should be persuaded by that?
MSH Says:
24 August 2010 at 8:21 PM.
not sure who this is directed to. Can’t be me since I don’t argue for any of the things you’re shooting at.
Robert Says:
28 August 2010 at 7:02 PM.
Really?!? A link to someone selling a DVD on how he moves concrete? Compare that to building the Pyramid of Giza? Wow..
MSH Says:
30 August 2010 at 3:03 PM.
uh…what a genius. The pyramid is made up of blocks – it wasn’t moved or built wholesale in one piece. Kind of a problematic analogy.
